FHP finds more than $1.5 million in drugs, contraband

3-day detail ran from April 11-13

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – In a three-day operation, state troopers made 122 misdemeanor arrests, 61 felony arrests and 75 drug arrests and caught up with eight people who were fugitives or sought by a warrant, the Florida Highway Patrol said Friday.

IMAGES: Items seized by FHP in 3-day operation

The Highway Patrol's criminal interdiction unit, in a partnership with the North Florida High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, conducted the operation in the Duval County region.

The detail went from April 11 to April 13, and it targeted illegal drugs, illegal activity and contraband, FHP said. Troopers called this a “highly successful event.”

Investigators seized four stolen vehicles, eight illegal firearms, about $12,000 worth of stolen merchandise, $687 in U.S. currency, 416 pounds of synthetic marijuana, 286 grams of marijuana, 95.87 grams of powder cocaine, 4.1 grams of crack cocaine, 2.4 grams of heroin, six grams of methamphetamine, 11.6 grams of MDMA (Ecstasy), 13 grams of illegal prescription medication, and assorted drug paraphernalia.

The estimated value of all the items was listed as $1,531,308, according to FHP.